Re: [Boost-users] Program Options: Documentation about response files out of date?

From: Olaf van der Spek (olafvdspek_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-07-20 06:15:20

On 7/20/07, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> Olaf van der Spek wrote:
> > Or is a response file something else? In that case, maybe that should
> > be mentioned, as I think for lots of users this is enough.
>
> Quoting the docs:
>
>         A response file is just a configuration file which uses the
>         same syntax as the command line
>
> So, response file might contain:
>
>         --foo=bar
>
> while regular config file has different syntax. Also, it is
> typical to use response files with the @filename syntax, which
> is also not readily available.

Ah. So: "In that case, maybe that should be mentioned, as I think for
lots of users this is enough."